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Personal info

Full name
ZACCHI, John
Date of birth
23 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15056269
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
A Company,
19th Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
On the road attacking west of Manhay
In the vicinity of Manhay, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 7 5

Immediate family

Members
Assuero Zacchi (father)
Sarah (Wright) Zacchi (mother)
Pete Zacchi (brother)
Louis Zacchi (brother)
Assuero Zacchi (brother)
Della J. Zacchi (sister)
Mary Zacchi (sister)
William Zacchi (brother)

More information

S/Sgt John Zacchi joined the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 16 September 1940.
He is buried next to his brother Pete who died on the same day.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Census Records, 1920/1940 / U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 / Birth Index, 1911-1999 / Zacchi Family Trees, The Ardennes: "Battle of The Bulge" by Hugh M. Cole, pages 597-598

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Gail Zacchi Fischer